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Forget Stocks, Bonds--It's The Year of CommoditiesTopics:Commodities | Gold & Precious Metals | Energy | Hedge Funds | Private Equity | FuturesBy Jeff Cox, Special to CNBC.com | 17 Feb 2008 | 08:50 AM ET
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With stocks struggling to overcome a slumping economy and bonds providing a safe but low-yield alternative, 2008 could well be the Year of the Commodity.Prices are surging across the board in the futures markets, with everything from corn to cocoa to crude oil at or near record levels.Indeed, investors looking to cash in on hot-trading commodities can make a lot of money in a hurry -- or they can get badly burned, as happens to people entering the complicated trades without the sufficient background knowledge or capital to do so.Learn How to Trade Commodities, Click Here.The trick to making money in commodities, according to experts, is to learn exactly how the trading works, hook up with someone who knows what they're doing, and have enough cash to cover the often-wild swings in the markets."People need to make sure they know what kind of risk they have, to figure out what type of investor they want to be," says Christian Mayer, a market adviser at Northstar Commodity in Minneapolis. "In these types of markets it's much easier to be a shorter term investor than longer term because these markets are jumping around so much that it requires a lot of margin."Take wheat, for instance, a grain that has been continuously hitting new highs on the exchanges.In volatile trading Thursday, wheat for March delivery closed at $10.32 a bushel, up 90 cents. Because the trading surged so much the Minneapolis exchange lifted the trading limits, or the degree to which the price could swing profit or loss, to $1.35 for Friday trading. ??Investor Takeaway

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